Wham! George & Me

Get in the xigxag app
This book is not purchasable in your country. Please select another book.
Pre-order Buy Now £{{ price }}
How does xigxag pricing work?

Listen to a sample

What to expect

READ BY ANDREW RIDGELEY

For the first time, Andrew Ridgeley - one half of one of the most famous bands in the world - tells the inside story of Wham! and his life-long friendship with George Michael.

It is 1975, Watford, and two teenagers, George and Andrew, meet for the first time. Bonding over their love for singing, song writing and pop music, together they set out to follow an impossible dream.

They didn't know it then, but they were taking their first steps towards forming Wham!, a band that was to become one of the biggest in the world.

Wham! were the soundtrack of the 80s; whether it was choosing life or Live Aid, the decade of flamboyance and fun was a party that seemed like it would never end. But it had to stop somewhere - and that was in front of tens of thousands of tearful fans at Wembley Stadium in 1986.

In Wham! George and Me, Andrew Ridgeley tells the story of Wham! - from the day they met to that iconic final concert. For the first time, he reveals what it was like being at the centre of a pop hurricane and talks of his love for and friendship with George. It's a story only he can tell.

Brought to you by Penguin

Critics Review

  • Even before the first page of this charming, heartfelt memoir, Ridgeley’s eloquent dedication to his “dearest friend” George Michael will have you in tears. This is more than a gleeful shuttlecocks-in-shorts account of young guns having some fun: there’s a real poignancy to Ridgeley’s description of Wham!’s glory days, the knowledge of what will be lost – a band, a best friend – chilling in the Club Tropicana sunshine.

    The Sunday Times

  • A touching account of male friendship

    The Times

  • Celebrity Memoirs of the Year

    Guardian

  • A remarkably generous memoir….in more than one sense, the biography of a friend

    Spectator

  • It’s a joyous celebration of the Wham! years. For anyone who was a teenager in the early 1980s, it will take you on a nostalgia trip, with dozens of comically captioned photos of the band during the white espadrille years. It’s an honest but affectionate account of a remarkable duo who remained true to their origins and their friendship throughout it all

    Daily Express

  • Packed full of nostalgia, heart and insight, Wham! George & Me is a lovingly written ode to friendship and a celebration of one of the greatest pop acts of all time. A superb tribute

    Classic Pop Magazine

Subscribe to our newsletter

Sign up to get tailored content recommendations, product updates and info on new releases. Your data is your own: we commit to protect your data and respect your privacy.